Winn Nguyen and her daughters, Madeline and Lilllian, work on building a city made from materials available at the Reusable Resources Adventure Center.

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Maria Sonnenberg

Winn Nguyen knows how to keep her daughters inspired. Whenever 8-year-old Lillian and her little sister, Madeline, 5, show signs of boredom, Nguyen knows it is time to head toward the Reusable Resources Adventure Center.

"There's always something new here," said the West Melbourne resident.

Housed in a modular classroom building behind the West Melbourne School for Science, the Reusable Resources Adventure Center is all about sparking imagination through open-ended play with materials such as felt, wire, plastic, fabric and foam. Its stock is primarily donated by local companies and ...